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Siting Variables with Renewable Energy Projects: A Case Study in Southern California
CCSE Clean Energy Conference
K. Harley McDonald, Business Developer
September 16, 2010
Agenda
• About Iberdrola Renewables
• A Case Study: the Tule Wind Power Project
• Project Overview
• General Siting Variables with Utility Scale Wind Energy Development
• External siting concerns
• Internal siting requirements
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Who is Iberdrola Renewables?
• Iberdrola Renovables is the world’s leading provider of wind power globally, with more than 10,000 MW of renewable energy in operation
• Iberdrola, S.A is the fourth largest utility company in world by Market Cap, with 33,000 people in more than 40 countries and a 107 year history with roots in hydroelectric
• We believe in partnering with the community to build support for our projects
• We are good neighbors – industry leaders for setting the bar with environmental efforts and community outreach
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Big Horn 199.5 MW Owned
Klondike 24 MW Owned
Klondike II75 MW Owned
Klondike III223.6 MW Owned
Klondike IIIa76.5 MW Owned
North American Wind Assets
Pleasant Valley
144 MW PPA
Twin Buttes
75 MW Owned
High Winds162 MW PPA
Shiloh150 MW Owned
Mountain View III
22.44 MW Owned
Dillon
45 MW Owned MID-CONTINENT REGION
MinnDakota
150 MW Owned
Elk River150 MW Owned
WESTERN
REGION
Casselman
34.5 MW Owned
Locust Ridge
26 MW Owned
Maple Ridge II
45.4 MW Owned
(91 MW Project)
NORTHEAST REGIONFlying Cloud
43.5 MW Owned
Updated May 5, 2010
Wind projects owned or controlled
Colorado Green
81 MW Owned
(162 MW Project)
Winnebago 20 Owned
Providence Heights72 MW Owned
Top of Iowa II,80 MW Owned
Moraine
51 MW Owned
Trimont
101 MW Owned
Lempster
24 MW Owned
Locust Ridge II
102 MW Owned
Pebble Springs98.7 MW Owned
Buffalo Ridge
50.4 MW Owned
Elm Creek
Maple Ridge 1
115.5 MW Owned
(231 MW Project)
Moraine II
49.5 MW Owned
Peñascal202 MW Owned
Barton Chapel120 MW Owned
Barton160 MW Owned
99 MW Owned
Farmers City 146 MW Owned
Dry Lake63 MW Owned
Star Point99 MW Owned
Hay Canyon 100.8 MW Owned
Streator Cayuga Ridge300 MW Owned
Rugby149.1 MW Owned
Committed to the Environment &Communities We Work in
Community:• Shiny Apple Award for work with Palm Springs Unified School
District
• Prism Award for efforts with the Local Community for the Dillon project from LA Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America
Environment:• Released first ever company-wide Avian and Bat Protection
Program
• Partnered with Bat Conservation International on groundbreaking research program at operating wind farm in PA
• Active participant in creation of California Voluntary Siting Guidelines
• Member of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Wind Turbine Guideline Advisory Committee
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Tule Wind Project
• Up to 200 MW
• Estimated online in second half of 2012
• Less than 2% of project area will be the actual facilities footprint,
allowing room for other multiple uses on site including hiking,
camping, and off-road vehicle use
• One of BLM’s fast-track projects
• Trying to capture ARRA funds
Tule Wind Project Overview
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Additional Benefits of Tule
• Border Patrol
– Better roads for patrol
– Increased presence in the area from O&M employees
• Local Jobs
– 325 jobs during construction
– 10-12 full-time permanent jobs during operation
• Iberdrola is investing in $1,000,000 in campground improvements in the
local area
• County property tax
– $5,000,000 per year in tax revenue to the County
– $1,000,000 in direct annual payments to local landowners
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General Siting Variables
• Environmental impacts – birds and bats
• Noise
• Visual Impacts
• NIMBY-ism
Dillon Wind Project
Palm Springs, CA
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General concerns from the public:
Birds and Bats
• Most concerns are based on 20 year
old problems that occurred at a few
unfortunately sited windy areas in the
country
• Requirements now exist for avian and
bat studies prior to the development of
a wind farm
• Iberdrola Renewables conducts a
minimum of 2 years avian studies on
every project and was the first to
implement a policy on post-
construction monitoring
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Noise
• Modern wind turbine technology is very quiet, and consistently so
among turbines produced by the major manufacturers
• Turbines are set back far enough away from homes, to a distance
where they should not be heard by the residents
• When the wind blows, one can usually only hear the wind and not the
turbines
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Visual Impacts
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
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Internal Siting Requirements
To be successful a wind site must have:
• Strong Wind Resource
• Landowner Interest
• Minimal Environmental Impacts
• Market/Customer for Power
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Transmission Diagram
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Constraints
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Turbines have setbacks from:
• Roads
• Property lines – participating and non-participating
• Homes and noise
• Biological and cultural resources
• Radar and weather stations – beam paths
• FAA
• Distance between turbines
• Jurisdictional waters
• Campgrounds
Constraints Map – Before
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Constraints Map – Before and After
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Summary of Siting Variables
• Minimal Environmental Impacts
– Avian and bats, cultural, biological
– Visual
– Noise
• Strong Wind Resource
• Landowner Interest
• Market/Customer for Power
• Access to Transmission
• Setback constraints
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Questions?